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The Fender stratocaster is simply a fantastic instrument from the ins and outs of the electronics to the wood to the construction to build and the balance and pretty much everything about it just is simply amazing. I am a fanboy of the Fender Stratocaster and I can not deny that this is such a great instrument from its tone to its versatility and everything in between. This is such a fine instrument even when it was produced up until now with little subtle changes of the neck pickup. This is simply just an amazing instrument that sounds phenomenal with any style of music. I absolutely love the look of these guitars as well which is another attribute this fine instrument.

UTILIZATION


Neck Shape: Modern "C" Shape
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: Pearl Dot Inlays
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"-14" Compound Radius (24.1 cm-35.56 cm)
Fretboard: Rosewood or Maple
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™
Truss Rod Nut: 1/8" American Series Nut
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: H/S/S
Bridge Pickup: Atomic Humbucking™ Pickup
Middle Pickup: Noiseless™ N3 Strat® Middle Pickup
Neck Pickup: Noiseless™ N3 Strat® Neck Pickup
Pickup Switching: Position 1. Humbucking Pickup w/ Coils in Series, Pos. 2. Middle Pickup/Inside Coil of Humbucking Pickup in Parallel, Pos. 3. Middle Pickup, Pos 4. Neck/Middle Pickup in Parallel, Pos. 5. Neck Pickup
Special Electronics: S-1™ Switch
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)
Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Bridge: Deluxe 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Pop in Arm
String Nut: LSR Roller Nut
Switch Tips: Aged White Switch Tip
Tremolo Arm Handle: Pop-In Deluxe Tremolo Arm
Auxiliary Switching: 2-Position Push/Push "Passing Lane" Switch

SOUNDS


The tone of these guitars are fantastic, primarily because it has such a versatility with its humbucker pickup installment of the bridge and then need to single coil pickups in the middle and neck position. This gives this guitar a great versatility overall because of the different pick up setter installed. See you can essentially get a nice clean spanky tone if you have a nice Fendor clean amplifier or something like that or you can get a really raunchy aggressive humbucker thick distortion sound if you were using a nice high again or medium gain amplifier. These guitar for work with any amplifier you have and they sound good night after night no matter where you're playing. They are a fine instrument and will play with such fine precision and dynamics. It has such a great feeling a certain soul to them that makes them extremely appealing to many guitarist around the world.

OVERALL OPINION


If there was one guitar that I had to set along for the rest of my life it would probably be Fender Stratocaster mainly because it has such a great versatility and with this option of the humbucker installed in the bridge it's a win-win for me. You can get so many great tones with this guitar and the look of it is superb as well. I'm really in love with paint job is well on this guitar because it just matches the soulful youth and aggression but yet refined vintage feel and look. You can find these guitars for right around thousand dollars or so which is a great price and a great bargain for an American built hot rod machine.